Osaretin v. Warden, Otay Mesa Detention Center

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JERRY OSAZEE OSARETIN,
Petitioner,
v.
WARDEN, OTAY MESA DETENTION
CENTER,
Respondent.
Case No.: 25-cv-3612-JES-MSB
ORDER FOR BOND HEARING
Before the Court is Petitioner Jerry Osazee Osaretin’s (“Petitioner”) Petition for Writ
of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. Pursuant to the Court’s OSC
order, Respondents filed a response. ECF No. 6. In the response, Respondents
acknowledged that Petitioner must be considered detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a),
pursuant to the final judgment entered in Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No. 5:25-CV-
01873-SSS-BFM, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2025 WL 3289861 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 20, 2025).
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS IN PART the petition as follows:
(1) The Court ORDERS Respondents to provide Petitioner with a bond
determination hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within ten days of this Order.
At the hearing, Respondents may not deny Petitioner bond on the basis that
he is detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and
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(2) Respondents are ORDERED to File a Notice of Compliance within five days
of providing Petitioner with a bond redetermination hearing, including
apprising the Court of the results of the hearing.
Pending the status report, the Court will hold in abeyance the merits of the remainder of
the relief Petitioner requests in his petition.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 24, 2025
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